Biography

1731 - 1796

Colonel Abraham Smith (Democratic-Republican) Bedford and Franklin Counties 1790-1794

Early Life:
Colonel Abraham Smith, born 1731, Hopewell Township, Chester County, (now Cumberland County) Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of James and Jennett Smith; married, Anne Wilson,children, Jacob Smith, James Smith; captain, French and Indian War, Bedford County Militia, 1758; colonel, command, 8th Battalion, Southern Franklin County, American Revolution, 1777; Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1783-1784; Supreme Executive Council, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1787-1790; elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 1790-1794; unsuccessful campaign United States House of Representatives, 1796; died, 1796; interment, Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

 Early Career:

Captain, French and Indian War, Bedford County Militia, 1758; colonel, command, 8th Battalion, Southern Franklin County, American Revolution, 1777.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Constitutionalist, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1783-1784; the Assembly was abruptly terminated on September 28, 1784, when nineteen members bolted the hall making it impossible to achieve a quorum for the further conduct of business. One of the nineteen. 

Supreme Executive Council, Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1787-1790.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, original member, Pennsylvania State Senate, Bedford and Franklin Counties, 1790-1794.

Unsuccessful campaign United States House of Representatives, District 10 Pennsylvania, 1796.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Abraham Smith (unknown-1796) - Find a Grave Memorial